Friday, November 23, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 125

Farewell to autumn

Friday
November 23, 2007
by: Brenda Desnoyers
Regina: Regina photographer and writer Brenda Desnoyers captured a sight the says it all about a season now fading into memory.

The Royal Society of London takes on Climate Change deniers, and defining a conservative point of view

Friday
November 23, 2007
by: Brian Marlatt
White Rock, B.C.: Canada's conservatives have pretty much decided to align themselves with the US Bush administration when it comes to the issue of global warning. This may not be a very prudent approach to such a serious problem.

Murphy's siding

Thursday
November 22, 2007
by: Joe Ives
Naniamo B.C.: There was once a siding between Edersley and Crooked River. Joe tells us about a mishap at this siding and wonders what ever became of it.

Eleventh Avenue

Wednesday
November 21, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Regina: Its all a part of perspective and the difficulty of placing oneself in a world which often we know so little about.

Tayler Jordan joins the Trojans

Monday
November 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: So far the Trojans are having a good season despite their set back Sunday. Tayler Jordan of Wynyard is the newest addition to the team

The Greenwater report

Monday
November 19, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater lake Provincial Park: Things are cleaned up at the Crawford cabin and the farewell pot luck supper over and the Crawfords are now city folks. This week's report has some choice perhaps vintage coffee row jabs and alas the lake has frozen over for the year.

Tisdale Toy and Model Show 2007

Sunday
November 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Each year's Toy and Model show seems to have something special about it and this year it was outstanding quality of the displays and remarkable collections.

"Are you talkin' to me?"

Friday
November 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: It is understandable that some low life con artist might try to weasel money out of us over our telephones but enough is enough, on Wednesday I got a spam call from SaskTel.

Afghanistan poised to invade

Friday
November 16, 2007
by: Ray Strachan
Grimshaw, Alberta: Noting Mario deSantis' discussion about greed Mr. Strachan makes some comments of his own about the unbalanced economic and political situations that affect our lives both nationally and provincially.

Pearson's opens special Christmas store

Thursday
November 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Decorations, gifts and all things seasonal fills up the delightful retail space that used to be the Thrift Shop just next door south of Pearson's store in downtown Tisdale.

Coincidence

Thursday
November 15, 2007
by: Ray Strachan
Grimshaw, Alberta: It is odd how a sequence of things take place often considerred to be random yet it is these sorts of events that make up the minute by minute things in our lives. Mr. Strachan points out the link between his pictures and the pictures of the fire about a year later in Crooked River.

The focus: images not issues

Thursday
November 15, 2007
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C.: Without an election being called the Conservatives have mounted and continue to pursue an unprecedented character assassination of the leader of the Liberal Party. The odd thing with this campaign is how the main stream media seems to have bought into the whole thing and the real issues are being submerged.

The Greenwater Report

Monday
November 12, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: The transistion to becoming city folks is not going to be an easy one but Gerald and Doreen are giving it a shot but this week they will be out at the park for their last week to do a little bit of final clean up.

The policy of a US strong dollar is the policy of unbridled greed

Monday
November 12, 2007
by: Mario deSantis
Prince Albert: The bottom line is simple, greed we can understand but the complexities of the devaluation of the US dollar and the subsequent increase of value of the Canadian and other currencies relative to the US dollar are complex. But there is no need to be not knowing some of the contributing factors. This story gives you the outline or the plot of the situation and the fifteen references that go with the story are educational.

Remembering Crooked River

Friday
November 9, 2007
by: Joe Ives
Nanaimo, BC: The images shared on this web site by Ray Strachan caught the attention of many readers as they remembered the booming lumber mill town east of Tisdale. Joe Ives was a reporter and photographer for the Recorder and the story brought back memories for him and he has sent along some of those memories and three amazing pictures of a fire in the community many years ago.

Tyler Henry, October player of the month

Friday
November 9, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The Tisdale AAA Trojans are now second place in the league tied in points with first place Regina Pat Canadians. A lot of the credit for the team's success goes to the number two goal scorer in the league a player to is averaging a goal and a half a game, Tyler Henry #21.

A Wall majority

Thursday
November 8, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: 74% of Saskatchewan's voters got out and cast their votes with 51% voting for candidates in the Saskatchewan Party electing a majority government with 37 seats and the NDP returned 21 seats to the legislature. Premier Calvert promised the transistion would be smooth and swift as we all extend congratulations to the Premier elect, Brad Wall and the candidates across the province who made this a clear demonstration of democracy in action.

House nineteen

Thursday
November 8, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Although four completed basements sit awaiting the erection of houses over them or in one case the moving of a new house onto the basement, today the 19th new basement of the year was dug on NewMarket tucked in beside one of the basements awaiting a house and a house now about two years old.

The Greenwater report

Monday
November 5, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: This report fills us in on the details of the move to Saskatoon and new neighbourhood Gerald and Doreen are going to have to adjust to. In the mean time there is snow at the park and the coffee buddies are going to have to do some adjusting of their own.

So this is Leopard

Monday
November 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The new Mac operating system has been installed and today's Ensign is being assembled using the most modern computer operating system available. It has not all been smiles and chuckles but the learning curve is shallow.

Official opening of Tisdale's new water treatment plant

Friday
November 2, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This huge $3,000,000 project has been a while in planning but it is up and running and can easily expand to meet the growing demands of the community.

Parkland Photography club October newsletter

Thursday
November 1, 2007
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale: With the Crawfords gone to Saskatoon we are witnessing a changing of the guard as Darlene McCullough takes over the duty of putting together a report of the October meeting for the dynamic and ever creative Parkland Photography club.

There is such a thing as Disaster Capitalism Mr. Corcoran!

Thursday
November 1, 2007
by: Mario deSantis
Prince Albert: Toronto journalist and author Naomi Klein set out a fascinating premise that modern government policies are being controlled by the most recent disaster or world event but this view is not shared by the business editor of the National Post. Mr. deSantis weighs in on this argument and points out that Klein has it right.

Ray Strachan's Crooked River

Monday
October 29, 2007
by: Ray Strachan
Grimshaw, Alberta: The October 4 picture essay of Crooked River triggered memories and nostalga for the once booming community and we received e-mails from Mary Weston in B.C. and Ray Strachan in Grimshaw. Ray followed up with stories about the community and his life there and then sent some remarkable images of the time. Some of them, negatives which he had never seen.

The Greenwater report

Monday
October 29, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: Its a done deal the Crawfords are city folks now as this past weekend it was moving day but we still have some weather, lawn mowing, mosse hunting, cabin construction and park undertakings to keep us up to date on things. The community supper to recognise the Crawfords is set for November 17 in Greenwater Hall, its a pot luck.

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